复杂的主语从句的拆分和理解 例42

例42　No one is in the least interested in the marks a little child gets on his test; what we are interested in is whether we can conclude from his mark on the test that the child will do better or worse than other children of his age at tasks which we think require "general intelligence".

【结构分析】这句话是个有分号的并列句，其中后半句很复杂，分号前面句子的主语是No one，动词是is interested in，中间有个插入语表示否定，是in the least，宾语是the marks，后面是省略that的定语从句，也就是a little child gets on his test，分号后面的句子的主语是个主语从句，也就是what we are interested in，系动词是is，表语是个表语从句，是whether...，表语从句里面有宾语从句，也就是we can conclude that...，宾语从句中间有个插入语，也就是from his mark on the test，宾语从句的主干是the child will do better or worse than other children of his age，后面是介词短语at tasks做状语，后面是定语从句which we think require "general intelligence"，修饰前面的tasks。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于表语从句套上宾语从句，宾语从句又套上定语从句，三大从句层层相套，很经典。

【核心词汇】

in the least interested in　一点不感兴趣

the marks a little child gets on his test　一个小孩在测验中取得的分数

what we are interested in　我们所关心的是

conclude from　得出结论

general intelligence　一般智力

【参考译文】没有人会对一个小孩在测验中取得的分数发生任何兴趣。我们所关心的是我们能否从他的测验分数中得出结论：他在我们认为需要一般智力的各项所干的事情中比他同龄的孩子干得好还是差。